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Before and After

by Brown, Rosellen
Before and After

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ISBN13: 9780312424411
ISBN10: 0312424418



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Carolyn and Ben Reiser moved to Hyland, New Hampshire with their two children for the comforts of rural life. But when the local police chief comes looking for their seventeen-year-old son Jacob to question him about the brutal murder of his girlfriend, the Reisers' lives begin to unravel.

A compelling story that will capture you in the opening scene and hold you through its shocking conclusion, Before and After is a stunning novel that pits parent against parent, brother against sister, family against community, blood loyalty against law-as "deep questions of loyalty, honesty, and love are forced to the surface in this psychologically riveting tale." (Library Journal)

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"Powerful...provocative... unabashed, read-until-dawn page-turner." The New York Times Book Review

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"Masterful...makes us realize just how enigmatic ordinary things like family love and loyalty are. What more can we ask from a work of fiction?" Entertainment Weekly

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"Chilling...Brown writes beautifully and believably, capturing anger, doubt and bewilderment...As gripping as a well-spun murder mystery-only here the mysteries are inside." People

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"Fierce, gripping and painful...a scrupulously observed work of literary fiction." The New York Times

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"Readers will remain immersed in Brown's gripping story... mesmerized by the questions she raises and by the brave, intelligent, compassionate manner in which she deals with them." Publishers Weekly

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Carolyn and Ben Reiser moved to Hyland, New Hampshire with their two children for the comforts of rural life. But when the local police chief comes looking for their seventeen-year-old son Jacob to question him about the brutal murder of his girlfriend, the Reisers' lives begin to unravel.

A compelling story that will capture you in the opening scene and hold you through its shocking conclusion, Before and After is a stunning novel that pits parent against parent, brother against sister, family against community, blood loyalty against law-as "deep questions of loyalty, honesty, and love are forced to the surface in this psychologically riveting tale." Library Journal

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The New York Times bestseller from Rosellen Brown, Before and After--the basis for the major film of the same name starring Meryl Streep Liam Neeson--tells the extraordinary story of a family's struggle to survive the throes of a tragedy.

Carolyn and Ben Reiser moved to Hyland, New Hampshire with their two children for the comforts of rural life. But when the local police chief comes looking for their seventeen-year-old son Jacob to question him about the brutal murder of his girlfriend, the Reisers' lives begin to unravel.

A compelling story that will capture you in the opening scene and hold you through its shocking conclusion, Before and After is a stunning novel that pits parent against parent, brother against sister, family against community, blood loyalty against law-as deep questions of loyalty, honesty, and love are forced to the surface in this psychologically riveting tale. (Library Journal)

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About the Author

Rosellen Brown is the author of four other novels, The Autobiography of My Mother, Tender Mercies, Civil Wars, and Half a Heart; a collection of stories, Street Games; and three collections of poetry, Some Deaths in the Delta, Cora Fry, and Cora Fry's Pillow Book. She lives in Chicago.


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The story starts with a girl found dead on the side of the road, and then a family has to deal with their son being suspect. It's written so each chapter is a different family memeber dealing with their feeling and trying to decide if Jacob is guilty/innocent or does it even matter. It kept my interest with some surprises.

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ISBN:
9780312424411
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
03/01/2005
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3PL
Language:
English
Pages:
368
Height:
.91IN
Width:
4.42IN
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2005
UPC Code:
2800312424413
Author:
Rosellen Brown
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Psychological
Subject:
General Fiction

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